How To Install Attendize on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

In this tutorial we will show you how to install Attendize on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know,Attendize is an open-source event ticketing and event management application built using the Laravel PHP frame. Attendize was created to offer event organizers a easy solution to managing general admission occasions, without paying exorbitant support charges.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation Attendize open source ticket selling and event management platform on an Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus server.

Install Attendize on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running these following apt-get commands in the terminal.

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sudoapt-getupdate

sudoapt-getupgrade

Step 2. Install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP) server.

A Ubuntu 16.04 LAMP server is required. If you do not have LAMP installed, you can follow our guide here. Also install all required PHP modules:

By default, MariaDB is not hardened. You can secure MySQL using the mysql_secure_installation script. you should read and below each steps carefully which will set root password, remove anonymous users, disallow remote root login, and remove the test database and access to secure MariaDB.

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mysql_secure_installation

Next we will need to log in to the MariaDB console and create a database for the Attendize. Run the following command:

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mysql-uroot-p

This will prompt you for a password, so enter your MariaDB root password and hit Enter. Once you are logged in to your database server you need to create a database for Attendize installation:

Attendize content management system will be available on HTTP port 80 by default. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com/ or http://server-ip and complete the required the steps to finish the installation. If you are using a firewall, please open port 80 to enable access to the control panel.

Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Attendize. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Attendize open source ticket selling and event management platform on your Ubuntu 16.04 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Attendize web site.

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